The setting! Photo courtesy of Kentucky Three Day Event.
What a week it’s been already….oh wait, it’s only Thursday! Between finalizing our super amazing unbelievable Ultimate Form Guide and preparing for everything Kentucky, our EN team is already feeling a little hallucinatory. Never fear, dear reader, that only means our work gets better! Stay tuned for everything you need to know, and don’t forget to get a Form Guide to follow along! Highly recommend downloading the Issuu app for easy swiping as you watch the live stream.
U.S. Weekend Preview:
#LRK3DE21: Website, EN’s Ultimate Form Guide, 5* Entries, 4* Entries, Schedule, North America Live Stream, Worldwide Live Stream, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Instagram, EN’s Twitter
Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Spring H.T.: [Website] [Entries]
Stable View Spring H.T.: [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times]
News From Around the Globe:
Heartbreak for Canadian eventer Holly Jacks-Smither from a vet check prior to entering Kentucky. More Inspiration, the OTTB gelding ridden with great success by Ontario native Holly Jacks-Smither at some of the biggest 4* and 5* events in the world, has been retired from upper-level competition. Vets at the check-in for Kentucky found a small heart murmur, and Holly decided to retire him at that moment for the best interest of his health. During their 13-year partnership the pair completed their first 5* at Kentucky in 2017, were 12th at Les Etoiles de Pau CCI5*-L in France in 2019 with a personal best dressage score, and this year placed 4th in the CCI4*-S at Stable View. [More Inspiration Retires]
Congrats to previous multiple Kentucky winner Michael Jung, as he tied the knot this week with longtime girlfriend Faye Füllgraebe. If you’re not to celebrate this week with another CCI5* win, why not with a wedding? [Michael Jung a Married Man]
Horse & Hound beat us to the punch with a fence-by-fence cross country course tour. Can’t wait for another two days to see the course? Don’t worry, you can see every fence here, and some of it in it’s snowy glory of yesterday morning. [Land Rover Kentucky Cross Country Course]
The FEI finally took action against Brazilian dressage rider Leandro Aparecido Da Silva, who was filmed violently jerking on a small pony’s face last summer. Da Silva represented his country at the 2008 Olympics and the 2018 World Equestrian Games, and defended himself by saying he was applying a half halt to the pony, who was not obedient for his children. Any idiot watching this video can tell that’s a whole load of BS. He has been suspended for three years. [Three Year Abuse Ban for Olympic Rider]
